Overview
My senior seminar class is reading through Richard Hays’ ethical masterpiece, The Moral Vision of the New Testament. This profound book has prompted deep reflection upon the proper use of Scripture in Christian ethics, and Hays’ work has provided an opportunity for us students to evaluate our Reformed (i.e. Vantillian/Framian/Prattian) metaethic with a metaethic outside of our tradition.
While Hays presents Reformed readers much to appreciate and learn, some significant differences do appear. In my presentation on chapter 13 I attempted to highlight one point where such differences arise: methodological starting points in hermeneutics.
Download and Summary of Argument
Reformed theology roots the unity of Scripture in the unity of God, and this view has profound implications for hermeneutic methodology. Hays does not consistently connect his hermeneutical methodology with his doctrine of God, and this deficiency results in metaethical inconsistencies.
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